A new study found some-fin awesome – walking sharks.
in early November in the Environmental Biology of Fishes journal,
Researchers from the University of Exeter in England and the nonprofit Beneath the Waves used underwater cameras in Turks and CaicosThe study explains that nurse sharks are able to use a wider range of feeding behaviors — including using their fins — to obtain food. The “pectoral positioning” forces the shark to move its pectoral fins in a way that resembles walking.
“This work illustrates the immense behavioral adaptability of coastal shark species,” noted Dr. Oliver Shipley, senior research scientist at Beneath the Waves.
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